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- REIN HOLDER. No. 294.325. Patented Feb; 26,1884.

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5% ATTORNEYS.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN CARTER MOODY, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALFTo CHARLES H. RICHARD ON, OE S ME PLACE.

RElN-HOLDER..

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N O.- 294,32 5, datedFebruary 26, 1884.

Application filed October 22,1883. (N model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN O. MOODY, of Newburyport, in the county .ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rein-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and-exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the. ac companying drawings, which forma part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective ofa portion of the rump of a horse, showing the application of my improvedrein-holder; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder attached toa portion of the crupper-strap, and showing a portion of the hip-strap.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

My invention has relation to rein-holders;

' and it consists in the improved construction and combination of partsof a rein-holder at tached to the crupper-strap of the harness, so thatthe reins may be held in position ready to grasp when the horse orhorses are attached to a vehicle having no dash-board upon which arein-holder maybe attached, as hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the .crupper-strap,and B the hipstrap, and immediately behind the point at whichthehip-strap passes through the back or crupper strap the rein-holder Gis secured. This holder consists of a fiat spring-hook having twolaterally-proj ecting perforated wings, D, upon its base-plate'F, whichhas a perfora tion, E, through-which and the perforations in the lips orwings the securing rivets or tacks pass which secure the holder to thestrap. 0

The free end of the holder points rearward; and it will be seen that thereins may be placed in the spring hook and held there, whence they maybe removed in a moment of time, and that in thismanner the reins may beheld within easy reach of the driver, where there is no dashboard forthe attachment of a holder.

Having thus described my invention,I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States-- A rein-holder consisting of a flatrearwardlypointing spring-hook having two perforatedlaterally-projecting lips upon the sides of its base-plate, and aperforation in the rear end of the base-plate for the reception offasten ing rivets, in combination with the crupperstrap of a set ofharness, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In'testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

NATHAN CARTER MOODY. Witnesses:

- H. M. HATCH,

G. F. MOODY.

